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2 days ago · “The Svalbard Science Office shall follow up the research strategy for Svalbard, be a Norwegian point of contact for the research community that has, or wishes to conduct research in Svalbard, and they shall prepare an annual report on all research activity in Svalbard,” the Government says in a separate press-release.
3 days ago · The University Centre in Svalbard in Longyearbyen offers undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate courses to 350 students in various arctic sciences, particularly biology, geology, and geophysics. Courses are provided to supplement studies at mainland universities; there are no tuition fees and courses are held in English, with Norwegian and ...
May 24, 2024 · The Svalbard Science Centre (opened 2006) houses the Norwegian Polar Institute, the Svalbard Museum (1979), and the world’s northernmost institute of higher education, the University Centre in Svalbard (1993).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
May 15, 2024 · I spent a month-long visit in Svalbard, a Norwegian Island in the Arctic Circle where I stayed at the University Centre in Svalbard in Longyearbyen, which is named after the glacier Longyearbreen. During this time, we were looking at how arctic glaciers affect the environment and how they are responding to climate change, by monitoring how ...
May 7, 2024 · May 7. Written By Kenneth R. Rosen. Once a haven for international cooperation, trust on the Norwegian archipelago is disappearing — and so are the rights of its residents. MAY 7, 2024. When Torgeir Knag Fylkesnes arrived at The University Centre in Svalbard in September, he had heard only mutterings of desperation across the idyllic archipelago.
May 6, 2024 · Since the 1990s, several high-tech institutes and research centres have established themselves, including the University Centre in Svalbard, the European Incoherent Scatter Scientific Association, the Svalbard Satellite Station, the Svalbard Undersea Cable System, and the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
3 days ago · “Svalbard is an important part of Norway. At a time of major changes, the governance of Svalbard must continue to be predictable and maintain a steady course. We want to strengthen national control and support Norway’s presence in the archipelago,” says Norway’s Minister of Justice and Public Security, Emilie Enger Mehl (Centre Party).
